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MARION  f.  KLINE 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

BY  THE 

LUTHERAN  PUBLICATION  SOCIETY, 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

1908. 


STORK  MEMORIAL  (ST.  MATTHEW’S)  CHURCH,  GUNTUR,  INDIA. 


THE  FOREWORD. 


THE  PURPOSE. 

It  is  the  purpose  of  this  pamphlet  to  exhibit  in  a  comprehensive,  but  not 
exhaustive  manner,  the  principal  Forward  Movements  which  have  been  inaug¬ 
urated  by  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  in  recent  years.  It  is  the  aim,  not 
solely  to  show  forth  what  has  already  been  accomplished,  but  rather  to  stimu¬ 
late  a  deeper  and  more  intelligent  interest  in,  and  call  forth  a  larger  and  more 
liberal  financial  support  of,  the  plans  of  the  Board  for  the  enlargement  of  this 
work  in  the  present  and  immediate  future.  We  believe  that  our  membership 
will  have  a  larger  measure  of  confidence  in  the  Board  and  greater  willingness 
to  support  the  work  when  they  have,  in  a  compact  form,  what  has  already 
been  accomplished. 

The  contents  of  this  pamphlet  have  almost  entirely  been  prepared  and  edited 
from  the  Biennial  Reports  of  the  Board  to  the  General  Synod  and  from  the 
minutes  of  the  monthly  meetings  of  the  Board.  The  author  is  largely  an  editor. 

Forward  Movements  are  made  possible  by  vision,  faith  and  money.  All  of 
these  elements  have  their  rightful  place,  and  none  are  lacking  in  this  Christ- 
commanded  work. 


Hinptufjere,  probibeb  it  be  fortoarb.” 

— David  Livingstone. 


I©e  must  abbance  upon  our  knees.” 

—Joseph  Hardy  Neesima. 


THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 
FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


The  work  of  the  Board  has  for  its  goal  the  establishment  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Christ  and  the  planting  of  the  Church  of  the  Living  God  in  Africa  and  In¬ 
dia.  The  work  of  administration  in  the  home-land  exists  simply  for  the 
accomplishment  of  these  purposes  ;  hence,  but  small  space  need  be  devoted  to 
it.  For  the  sake  of  good  order  we  will  have  the  Forward  Movement  present 
itself  in  this  manner  : 

I.  The  Home  Administration. 

II.  Forward  in  Africa. 

III.  Forward  in  India. 

I.  THE  HOME  ADMINISTRATION. 

Probably  the  most  practical  introduction  to  this  portion  of  the  Forward 
Movement  pamphlet  would  be  a  word  of  explanation  concerning  the  relation 
between  the  Board  and  the  cause  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  a  statement  of  the 
organization  of  the  Board  for  its  important  work. 


THE  BOARD. 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  appointed  by  the  General  Synod  to  direct 
the  work  of  extending  our  Redeemer’s  kingdom  in  Africa  and  India.  Its 
work  is  in  the  name  and  by  the  authority  of  the  General  Synod.  The  Board 
is  the  minister  of  the  entire  Church.  For  the  sake  of  good  order  and  efficiency 
the  entire  body  entrusts  this  charge  to  the  nine  members  of  the  Board,  minis¬ 
ters  and  laymen,  appointed  by  each  General  Synod.  The  Board  moves 
forward  only  as  the  Church  directs  and  makes  possible  the  advance. 


ITS  ORGANIZATION. 

The  General  Synod  which  met  at  Sunbury,  Pa.,  May  22d  to  30th,  1907, 
constituted  the  following  as  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  : 

The  Rev.  Luther  Kuhlman,  D.  D.,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

The  Rev.  Ezra  K.  Bell,  D.  D.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

The  Rev.  J.  A.  Singmaster,  D.  D. ,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

The  Rev.  J.  S.  Simon,  A.  M.,  Hagerstown,  Md. 

The  Rev.  O.  C.  Roth,  D.  D., 

The  Rev.  I.  C.  Burke,  D.  D., 

Mr.  Henry  C.  Hines, 

Mr.  Charles  A  Kunkel, 

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Mr.  Samuel  F.  Ziegler, 


Altoona,  Pa. 
Baltimore,  Md. 
Baltimore,  Md. 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Baltimore,  Md. 


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The  Board  organized  itself  by  unanimously  electing  the  following  officers  : 

President — The  Rev.  Luther  Kuhlman,  D.  D. 

Vice-President — The  Rev.  Ezra  K.  Bell,  D.  D. 

General  Secretary — The  Rev.  Marion  J.  Kline,  D.  D. 

Treasurer — Mr.  Henry  C.  Hines. 

Auditor — Mr.  Samuel  F.  Ziegler. 

At  the  same  time  the  following  committees  and  officers  were  appointed  : 

Executive  Committee — The  Rev.  Luther  Kuhlman,  D.  D.,  Chairman  ;  the 
Rev.  J.  A.  Singmaster,  D.  D.,  Mr.  Charles  A.  Kunkel  and  the  General 
Secretary. 

Committee  on  Africa — The  Rev.  J.  A.  Singmaster,  D.  D.,  Chairman  ;  the 
Rev.  J.  S.  Simon  and  the  Rev.  O.  C.  Roth,  D.  D. 

Mr.  Samuel  F.  Ziegler  was  subsequently  elected  Purchasing  and  Shipping 
Agent  for  Africa,  and  added  to  this  committee. 

Committee  on  India — The  Rev.  Ezra  K.  Bell,  D.  D. ,  Chairman  ;  the  Rev. 
I.  C.  Burke,  D.  D.  and  Mr.  Henry  C.  Hines. 

Finance  Committee — Mr.  Henry  C.  Hines,  Chairman;  Mr.  Samuel  F. 
Ziegler,  and  the  General  Secretary. 

General  Attorney — Howard  P.  Sadder,  Esq. 

General  Medical  Adviser — Standish  McCleary,  M.  D. 

Office  Clerk — Mr.  Harry  Goedeke. 

DUTIES  AND  METHODS. 

The  duties  of  the  above  named  committees  and  officers  are  quite  definitely 
suggested  by  their  titles.  In  addition  to  the  above,  which  are  Standing  Com¬ 
mittee:  and  Officers,  special  committees  are  created  as  special  needs  arise. 
The  latter  are  usually  only  temporary,  though  a  special  committee  has  sub¬ 
sequently  been  made  one  of  the  Standing  Committees. 

The  Standing  Committees  receive  all  business  relating  to  their  respective 
departments,  carefully  consider  the  same,  formulate  their  recommendations 
and  present  them  to  the  Board  at  its  monthly  meeting  for  consideration  and 
action. 

These  methods  have  been  in  operation  ever  since  a  short  time  after  the  re¬ 
organization  of  the  Board  in  1901,  and  have  proved  their  merit  by  the  success 
which  has  attended  them. 

DEPARTMENTS. 

All  special  departments  of  the  work,  and  particularly  the  finance  depart¬ 
ment,  have  been  brought  into  harmony,  so  far  as  practicable,  with  the  general 
principle  governing  the  work  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Boards  in  North  America. 

RULES. 

Definite  and  explicit  rules,  governing  the  missionaries  on  both  fields  in  their 
relation  to  the  Board  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  salaries,  allowances,  terms 
of  service,  furloughs,  outfit,  etc.,  have  been  carefully  wrought  out  and  are  in 
successful  operation. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


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FINANCIAL. 


I.  The  Indebtedness. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  Board  had  been  burdened  with  a  heavy  indebt¬ 
edness.  This  was  occasioned  by  the  marvelous  growth  of  our  mission  in 
India,  and  the  efforts  of  the 
Board  to  provide  an  adequate 
support  for  the  work.  This 
indebtedness  was  not  con¬ 
fined  to  the  treasury  of  the 
Board,  but  it  affected  India 
as  well.  On  September  1st, 

1904,  the  total  indebtedness 
was  almost  $24,000.00.  On 
November  10th,  1904,  the 
Board  approved  a  plan  form¬ 
ulated  and  suggested  by  our 
senior  missionary  to  India, 
the  Rev.  L.  L.  Uhl,  Ph.  D., 
which  contemplated  a  can¬ 
vass  of  the  Church  by  a 
special  representative  of  the 
Board.  Dr.  Uhl  was  ap¬ 
pointed  the  special  repre¬ 
sentative.  The  working  out 
of  the  details  of  the  plan 
were  intrusted  to  Dr.  Uhl 
and  the  General  Secretary. 

To  Dr.  Uhl  belongs  a  large 
measure  of  credit  for  the 
success  of  the  undertaking. 

The  direct  result  of  this 

special  effort  aggregated  almost  $8,000.00.  Within  the  succeeding  year  the 
entire  indebtedness  was  removed  and  none  has  since  been  incurred. 

But  in  addition  to  these  direct  financial  results,  the  Church  was  quickened 
in  her  zeal  and  devotion,  larger  giving  was  stimulated  through  the  regular 
channels  and  the  work  entered  upon  a  new  era  of  success. 


THE.  REV.  L.  L.  UHL.  PH.  D., 
President  of  the  India  Conference. 


2.  Investment  of  Trust  Funds  and  Legacies. 

These  funds  were  held,  for  many  years,  in  the  general  treasury  of  the 
Board.  Though  a  strict  accounting  was  kept  of  them — yet  they  had  never 
Been  permanently  invested. 

Within  the  year  the  Board  has  safely  and  conservatively  invested  $9,868.70. 
Of  this  amount  $4,715.14  represents  Trust  Funds,  set  aside  by  legacy  or 


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deed  of  gift,  the  income  only  of  which  mciy  be  used.  The  remainder,  aggre¬ 
gating  $5,153.56,  has  been  bequeathed  to  the  Board  unconditionally.  In 
addition  to  these  funds  the  Board  now  has  on  hand  a  total  of  $4,508.87,  in  the 
•  “  Legacy  Fund,”  which  has  not  yet  been  invested.  The  most  of  this  has 
been  but  recently  received.  The  Trust  Funds  are  the  only  permanent  invest¬ 
ments  held  by  the  Board.  All  other  moneys  are  at  once  used  in  the  work. 

3.  Financial  Statements  for  Last  Four  Bienniums ,  Showing  Increased 

Receipts. 


Receipts,  1899-1901 . $96,366  59 

Receipts,  1901-1903 . 122,556  41 

Receipts,  1903-1905 . 136, 95s  x3 

Receipts,  1905-1907 . 146,34!  93 


Cash  balance  April  30th,  1907,  $16,936.08. 


4.  Financial  Policy. 

Out  of  a  long  and  varied  exper¬ 
ience,  with  careful  thought  and 
deliberate  consideration,  the 
Board  has  formulated  a  definite 
financial  policy  which  has  now 
been  in  effect  for  three  years.  On 
the  firm  business  principle  of  esti¬ 
mated  receipts  and  expenditures, 
the  Board  has  intelligently  planned 
its  work,  made  its  budgets,  issued 
its  calls  for  support,  with  the  re¬ 
sult  that  larger,  better  and  much 
more  satisfactory  work  has  been 
accomplished  than  ever  in  its  his¬ 
tory  prior  to  1905. 

The  foundations  have  been  laid 
deep  and  strong.  Wisdom  and  ex¬ 
perience  have  cemented  the  stones 
of  these  foundations.  May  there 
be  reared  thereon  a  beautiful  superstructure  for  the  glory  of  God. 

II.  THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  AFRICA. 

INTERIOR  SCHOOLS  AND  STATIONS. 

Special  emphasis  has  been  placed  on  this  work  within  recent  years.  Super¬ 
intendent  Beck,  in  writing  of  the  interior  work,  says  :  “  We  have  now  in  opera¬ 
tion  five  schools  in  the  interior  located  respectively  seven,  twenty,  sixty-five, 
ninety,  and  one  hundred  and  ten  miles  from  the  main  station.”  The  names 


THE  REV.  MORRIS  OFFICER, 
Founder  of  Muhlenberg  Mission. 


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THE  REV.  DAVID  A.  DAY, 

For,, twenty-three  years  missionary  to  Africa. 


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of  these  are  H.  O.  Stewart’s  at  Mt.  Coffee,  the  Wartburg  at  Dobley’s  Island 
Heid  Memorial  at  Solonya,  Zeh  Memorial  near  Koontown,  Hill  Station  at 
Zulu’s  Hill.  Three  of  these  now  have  permanent  buildings,  and  we  hope  to 
have  good  houses  at  all  the  stations  in  the  near  future.  This  is  one  of  the 
most  important  of  the  “  Forward  Movements”  for  Africa. 

THE  ENLARGEMENT  OF  THE  INDUSTRIAL  WORK. 

The  Board  has  long  since  realized  the  momentous  importance  of  industrial 
training.  For  Africa,  pre- eminently,  the  training  of  the  hands  in  useful  labor 
dare  not  be  neglected.  It  is  an  integral  part  of  a  trinity  of  culture  of  which 
the  other  two  members  are  soul  and  mind. 

The  former  industrial  departments  included  carpentry,  blacksmithing  and 
the  cultivation  of  coffee.  Recently  there  have  been  added  tailoring,  shoe¬ 
making  and  the  cultivation  of  food-stuffs  for  the  use  of  the  boys  and  girls. 
Other  departments  will  subsequently  be  introduced.  Superintendent  Beck 
describes  the  boys  as  eager  and  capable.  Within  a  very  short  while  after  they 
have  been  taken  from  “the  bush”  (jungle)  they  are  laboring  side  by  side 
with  the  older  mission  boys  at  the  appointed  tasks.  The  girls  are  also  being 
taught  to  become  home-makers,  and  display  an  aptness  and  zeal  which  is  most 
commendable. 

In  March  of  this  year  a  consignment  of  African  Java  coffee  was  sold  for 
$1,249.62.  The  price  received  was  1 1  x/2  cents  the  pound,  wholesale.  This 
coffee  was  cultivated,  gathered  and  prepared  for  market,  largely,  by  the 
mission  boys. 

THE  BOYS’  DORMITORY. 

Through  the  generosity  of  a  group  of  friends  of  our  African  mission,  who 
for  many  years  past  have  given  large  sums  of  money  for  the  work  in  Africa, 
supporting  at  different  times  two  American  missionaries,  the  urgently  needed 
boys’  dormitory  at  Muhlenberg  Mission  was  made  possible.  The  old  build¬ 
ing  was  in  such  a  state  of  decay  as  to  be  utterly  unfit,  and  even  unsafe,  as  a 
home  for  our  mission  boys.  Superintendent  Beck  writes  :  “  The  value  of  the 
mission  property  has  been  increased  by  the  addition  of  the  new  boys’  dormi¬ 
tory,  which  is  worth,  as  it  stands  to-day,  not  less  than  $2,000.00.  This 
building  challenges  the  pride  of  all  interested  in  the  mission.” 

THE  MISSIONARIES’  HOME. 

In  a  recent  article  Superintendent  Beck  writes  : 

“  I  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Church  to  the  fact  that  the  building  in 
which  the  Board’s  missionaries  in  Africa  live  is  wholly  inadequate  for  the 
needs — not  only  inadequate,  but  altogether  unfit  for  the  housing  of  such  pre¬ 
cious  lives.  As  long  as  seven  years  ago  the  missionaries  on  the  field  decided 
to  ask  the  Board  for  a  new  home  ;  but  the  crisis  through  which  the  Mission 
was  then  passing  in  the  home  church  prompted  us  to  postpone  the  call. 
Now,  however,  we  do  not  hesitate  to  make  such  a  request.  That  is  the 


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greatest  physical  need  of  the  mission  to-day.  The  present  building  is  the 
original  one — the  first  one  erected  there.  Additions  have  been  made  from 
time  to  time,  and  repairs  have  been  an  annual  necessity.  Its  original  con¬ 
struction  was  decidedly  faulty.  The  foundation  consists  mainly  of  small 
blocks  of  wood  or  stones  set  up  on  end.  It  is  difficult  to  understand  how  the 
building  has  withstood  the  storms  of  years.  It  is  so  constructed  that  lizards, 
rats  and  snakes  play  freely  from  foundation  to  roof  between  the  double  walls. 
A  small  white  ant,  known  as  the  ‘bug-a-bug,’  lives  by  eating  wood.  Few 
kinds  of  lumber  are  free  from  its  ravages.  The  building  is  undergoing  a  con¬ 
tinuous  process  of  destruction  by  this  little  pest.  Above  our  dining  table  must 
something  be  stretched  to  catch  the  falling  dirt  and  protect  our  food  ;  a  cover¬ 
ing  must  be  put  over  our  faces  as  we  lie  down  to  take  our  afternoon  rest  lest 
our  eyes  be  filled  with  the  siftings. 

“We  need  a  large  house — plans  now  being  considered  are  48  by  54  feet — 
to  accommodate  at  least  four  missionary  families.  The  foundation  will  be  so 
constructed  as  to  keep  the  ants  out  of  the  building  and  away  from  the  wood  ; 
the  walls  will  exclude  animals  and  reptiles.  The  estimated  cost  of  the  desired 
building  is  three  thousand  dollars.  We  ask  for  no  luxuries,  but  only  for 
reasonable  comforts.” 

Superintendent  Beck  has  been  authorized  to  sectire  the  funds  for  this  ur¬ 
gently  needed  home.  Special  contributions  may  be  sent  to  the  Board  of  For¬ 
eign  Missions,  21  West  Saratoga  Street ,  Baltimore ,  Md .,  stating  that  they 
are  for  the  Missionaries'  Home  in  Africa. 

CONGREGATIONS,  CHURCH  BUILDINGS,  NATIVE  WORKERS. 

Superintendent  Beck  writes:  “Congregations  remain  at  three,  which  is 
likely  to  be  the  limit  for  many  years.  The  membership  has  not  materially 
changed  during  the  biennium — losses  and  additions  practically  counterbalanc¬ 
ing  each  other.  St.  Paul’s  congregation  has  had  some  difficulties  in  their 
efforts  to  secure  a  new  building.  Under  the  appropriation  made  by  the  Board 
for  that  purpose  preparations  are  going  forward  for  the  early  erection  of  the 
new  building. 

“Some  months  ago  the  council  of  Day  Memorial  Church  asked  that  two 
of  their  number  be  permitted  to  prepare  themselves,  under  instruction  of  the 
pastor  (myself),  for  the  position  of  assistant  pastor,  so  as  to  be  ready  to  take 
charge  of  the  services  when  I  could  not  be  present.  I  granted  the  request 
and  started  the  course  of  lessons. 

“More  recently,  in  view  of  the  probability  of  my  taking  an  early  furlough, 
they  asked  that  I  appoint  someone  to  take  charge  of  the  services  during  my 
absence  when  no  missionary  could  be  present,  and  I  appointed  Mr.  William 
Briggs — one  of  the  two  above  mentioned. 

“At  the  mission  chapel  one  of  the  older  boys,  Andrew  Jackson,  a  member 
of  the  council,  is  preparing  himself  for  the  gospel  ministry,  and  very  accept¬ 
ably  and  efficiently  conducts  the  services  in  the  absence  of  both  of  us.” 


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THE  REV.  J.  H.  STRAW, 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


MRS.  J.  H.  STRAW  (NEE  MISS  CASHMAN) 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


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THE  REV.  WILLIAM  R.  MILLER, 
Missionary  to  Africa. 

Entered  into  rest  March  27th,  1906. 


MR.  GEORGE  G.  PARKER, 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


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NEW  AMERICAN  MISSIONARIES. 

Within  the  period  covered  by  the  survey  nine  American  Missionaries,  in¬ 
cluding  one  wife,  have  gone  to  the  field  for  the  first  time .  Six  of  these  sailed 
in  less  than  eleven  months,  from  August  16th,  1906,  to  June  27  th,  1907. 
This  is  the  largest  number  of  missionaries  ever  sent  to  one  field,  within  the 
same  length  of  time,  in  the  history  of  our  Foreign  Mission  work. 

The  roster  of  new  missionaries  is  as  follows  : 

1.  The  Rev.  Jacob  Hiram  Straw  sailed  from  New  York  for  Africa  July  8th, 

1902.  Arrived  at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa,  August  13th,  1902. 

2.  Miss  Nellie  A.  Cashman  sailed  from  New  York  for  Africa  January  24th, 

1903.  Arrived  at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa,  February  25th,  1903. 

The  Rev.  Jacob  Hiram  Straw  and  Miss  Nellie  A.  Cashman  were  married 
at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa,  March  3d,  1903. 

3.  The  Rev.  William  R.  Miller  sailed  from  New  York  for  Africa  July  4th, 
1903.  Arrived  at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa,  August  17th,  1903. 

4.  Mr.  G.  G.  Parker  sailed  from 
New  York  for  Africa  on  August 
1st,  1906.  He  arrived  at  Muhl¬ 
enberg  Mission,  Africa,  Septem¬ 
ber  4th,  1906. 

5.  The  Rev.  John  K.  Reed 
sailed  from  New  York  for  Africa 
on  February  1 6th,  1907.  He 
arrived  at  Muhlenberg  Mission, 
Africa,  on  March  26th,  1907. 

6.  The  Rev.  J.  C.  Pedersen 
sailed  from  New  York  for  Africa 
on  March  17th,  1907.  He  arrived 
at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa, 
on  April  25th,  1907. 

7-8.  Miss  Ruth  Garrett,  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  our  church  at  Wilkinsburg, 
Pa.,  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Markward, 
pastor,  and  Miss  Lulu  M.  Good¬ 
man,  a  member  of  Temple  Lu¬ 
theran  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
the  Rev.  A.  Pohlman,  M.  D.\ 
pastor,  sailed  from  Philadelphia 
for  Africa  on  May  nth,  1907.  They  arrived  at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa, 
on  June  28th,  1907. 

9.  The  Rev.  Charles  H.  Brosius  sailed  from  New  York  for  Africa  on  June 
27th,  1907.  He  arrived  at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa,  August  nth,  1907. 
But  this  magnificent  record  does  not  recite  the  complete  story  of  the  greatest 


THE  REV.  CHARLES  H.  BROSIUS, 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


15 


THE  REV.  J.  K.  REED, 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


THE  REV.  J.  C.  PEDERSEN, 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


\ 


MISS  RUTH  GARRETT,  ^ 
Missionary  to  Africa. 


Missionary  to  Africa. 

(Supported  by  Temple  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  )• 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


of  all  Forward  Movements.  The  Board,  realizing  the  marvelous  opportunity 
to  establish  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  among  the  pagan  natives  of  the  interior, 
already  imperiled  by  the  missionary  zeal  of  the  Mohammedans,  have  deter¬ 
mined  to  send  four*  additional  new  missionaries,  at  least  one  of  whom  shall  be 
a  married  man. 

The  Rev.  E.  E.  Neibel,  pastor  of  Trinity  Church,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan, 
and  Mrs.  Neibel  have  been  appointed  and  commissioned  for  Africa. 

Superintendent  Beck  is  now  investigating  applications  from  a  physician, 

and  also  from  a 
member  of  the  sen¬ 
ior  class  of  one  of 
the  leading  agricul¬ 
tural  colleges.  Both 
of  these  men  will 
be  commissioned  if 
found  suitable. 

The  fourth  mis¬ 
sionary  will  proba¬ 
bly  be  an  ordained 
man  who  will  su¬ 
perintend  the  edu¬ 
cational  work. 

It  is  the  expecta¬ 
tion  that  a  company 
of  seven  mission¬ 
aries,  under  the 
guidance  of  Super¬ 
intendent  Beck,  will 
sail  for  Africa  in 
midsummer. 

BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

The  Board  and 
the  Executive  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Wom¬ 
an’s  Home  and 
Foreign  Missionary 
Society  have  each 
decided  that  as  many  boys  and  girls  as  can  be  properly  cared  for  and  trained 
at  the  mission  schools  shall  be  received  and  supported.  This  is  a  very  mo¬ 
mentous  Forward  Movement,  particularly  when  we  realize  that  this  policy 
means  ultimately  a  large  increase  in  the  number  of  native  agents,  who  are  all 
too  few  at  present. 


THE  REV.  WILL  M.  BECK, 
Liberia,  Africa. 

(Supported  by  First  Church,  Altoona,  Pa.) 


*  The  number  has  since  been  increased  to  five. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


17 


MISSIONARIES  SUPPORTED  BY  CONGREGATIONS. 

1.  The  First  English  Lutheran  Church,  Altoona,  Pa.,  the  Rev.  Oliver  C. 
Roth,  D.  D.,  pastor,  assumed  the  support  of  Rev.  W.  M.  Beck,  Superinten¬ 
dent  of  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Liberia,  Africa.  Since  October  1st,  1904,  his 
support  has  been  provided  by  that  congregation. 

2.  Temple  Lutheran  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  the  Rev.  August  Pohl- 
rnan,  M.  D.,  pastor,  assumed  the  support  of  Miss  Lulu  M.  Goodman,  a 
member  of  this  congregation,  missionary  at  Muhlenberg  Mission,  Africa. 

Since  May  1st,  1907,  her  support  has  been  provided  by  that  congregation. 

:y 

The  Fonvard  Movenient  has  been  inaugurated  but  a  few  years.  The  Board 
commends  the  example  of  these  tzoo  congregations  and  that  of  the  First  Luth¬ 
eran  Church  of  Baltimore ,  Md. ,  the  Rev.  Ezra  K.  Bell ,  D.  D.,  pastor  (see 
page  39),  to  the  many  other  strong  churches  of  the  General  Synod  which 
could  just  as  successfully  undertake  this  work  as  the  three  above  named. 

BUDGETS  FOR  AFRICA. 

The  progress  of  the  work  can  be  very  definitely  exhibited  by  the  regular 
budgets  of  the  Board  for  the  first  and  last  years  covered  by  this  survey.  ‘This 
does  not  include  budget  for  salaries  of  missionaries ,  which  has  been  inot'e 
than  doubled ,  nor  special  budgets ,  nor  those  of  the  Woman' s  Home  and 
Foreign  Missionary  Society. 

Budget  for  1901 . • . $4,275  00 

Budget  for  1908 .  6,355  00 


III.  THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  INDIA. 


THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE’S  FORWARD  MOVEMENT. 

The  Board  has  been  desirous,  for  several  years,  of  providing  some  definite 
work  for  the  young  people  of  our  Church,  in 
order  to  increase  their  interest  in  and  enlarge 
their  support  of  our  Foreign  Mission  work. 

It  was  also  thought  that  permanent  financial 
relief  might  thus  be  provided  so  that  the  work 
which  God  had  so  greatly  prospered  should 
not  be  hindered  because  of  inadequate  sup¬ 
port.  Hence  it  was  thought  that  it  might  be 
well  to  present  a  plan  of  co-operation  to  our 
young  people.  We  have  every  reason  to  know 
that  they  have  deep  sympathy  for  the  unhappy 
condition  of  the  heathen  world  and  an  earnest 
desire  to  be  helpful  in  the  work  which  Christ 
has  entrusted  to  His  Church — the  evangeliza¬ 
tion  of  the  world.  These  qualities,  together 

with  their  faith  and  love,  their  energy  and  enthusiasm,  the  Board  desires  to 
enlist  in  this  great  cause. 


THE  REV.  VICTOR  MCCAULEY, 
Young  People’s  Missionary,  India. 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


INT  CAMP.  THE  REV.  VICTOR  MCCAULEY’S  TENT. 
(Used  in  touring.) 


A  CHRISTIAN  CONGREGATION. 

Sattenapalli  Taluk,  India. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


*9 


The  plan  by  which  this  was  accomplished  is  as  follows  :  The  India  field  is 
composed  of  thirteen  taluks.  One  of  these,  the  Sattenapalli  Taluk,  has  been 
selected  by  the  Board  for  support  by  the  young  people  of  the  Church.  This 
is  to  be  known  as  their  special  field,  and 
through  reports  from  the  missionary  in  charge, 
the  Rev.  Victor  McCauley,  they  are  to  be  kept 
informed  of  the  progress  of  its  work  and  its 
needs.  The  amount  required  for  this,  includ¬ 
ing  the  salary  of  the  American  missionary,  the 
salaries  of  the  native  workers,  such  as  evangel¬ 
ists  and  teachers,  the  support  of  the  parochial 
schools,  the  building  and  repairs  of  chapels 
and  prayer  houses,  the  expense  of  touring  the 
taluk  in  the  visitation  of  the  congregations  by 
the  missionary,  in  short,  every  legitimate  ex¬ 
pense  connected  with  the  work  in  this  taluk,  mrs.  victor  McCauley. 
is  about  $2,800.00  annually. 

The  Board  has  divided  the  amount  into  560  shares  of  $5.00  each  per  year, 
and  requests  each  society  to  subscribe  for  as  many  shares  as  possible  for  a 
period  of  five  years.  The  Board  is  particularly  anxious  that  every  society  of 
young  people  in  the  Church  shall  be  represented  in  this  great  and  blessed 
movement. 

A  number  of  years  ago  the  young  people  supported,  in  part,  two  mission¬ 
aries  in  the  foreign  field.  But  this  was  not  kept  up  regularly,  and  was  entirely 
discontinued  several  years  ago.  The  present  plan  is  the  first  along  this  line  to 
be  offered  to  the  young  people  of  the  General 
Synod  for  benevolent  work. 

The  movement  was  inaugurated  December 
1st,  1904,  and  pledges  became  operative  Janu¬ 
ary  1st,  1905.  Pledges  aggregating  $2,500.00 
per  year  have  been  given.  Three  annual  let¬ 
ters  have  been  published,  two  of  which  were 
very  attractively  and  helpfully  illustrated.  This 
is  one  of  the  most  successful  and  encouraging 
departments  of  the  work. 


CHURCHES. 

I.  The  Dedication  of  the  Church  at  Renta- 
chintala. 


THE  REV.  G.  W.  ALBRECHT, 
Pastor  Church  at  Rentachintala, 
India. 


On  December  17th,  1904,  the  splendid 
church  building  at  Rentachintala,  in  the  Pal- 

nad,  India,  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God  in  the  presence  of  a  congre¬ 
gation  which  overtaxed  the  capacity  of  the  building.  This  beautiful  and 
commodious  structure  is  of  cut  stone,  and  cost  about  $7,000.00.  In  the 


20 


THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


THE  CHURCH  AT  RENTACHJNTALA,  THE  PALNAD,  INDIA 
The  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Albrecht,  Missionaries. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


2  I 

March,  1906,  number  of  the  Lutheran  Missionary  Journal,  the  President  of 
the  India  Conference,  Rev.  L.  B.  Wolf,  D.  D.,  writes  : 

“The  new  church  building  erected  to  the  worship  and  praise  of  God  largely 
by  the  generous  gift  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Albrecht,  at  a  cost  of  upward  of  Rs. 
20,000  (about  $7,000.00),  stands  as  a  monument  to  their  devotion  and  as  a 
great  landmark  in  a  dry  and  thirsty  land.  Representatives  from  the  sister 
missions,  the  Hermannsburg  and  the  Rajahmundry,  were  present  and  partici¬ 
pated  in  the  feast  of  dedication.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by 
Rev.  J.  Aberly,  and  the  service  of  consecration  was  read  by  the  pastor,  Dr. 
Albrecht.  At  the  close  of  the  service  an  offering  was  made  for  the  Church 
Building  Fund,  and  the  largest  cash  offering  in  the  history  of  the  mission  was 
realized — Rs.  800  (about  $270.00). 

“  A  gold  bangle  and  a  load  of  mountain  hay  were  among  the  offerings, 
which  show  how  the  good  seed  of  Christian  giving  has  taken  root.  The 
plan,  drawn  up  by  Mr.  Gotwald,  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  has  been  closely  fol¬ 
lowed,  and  five  beautiful  windows — the  crucifixion,  Christ  in  the  temple,  the 
agony  in  the  garden,  the  Good  Shepherd,  and  the  presentation  in  the  temple 
— set  off  the  church  and  aid  the  worshiper  as  he  draws  near  to  God. 

“The  Palnad  has  the  most  beautiful  and  churchly  building  in  our  mission 
up  to  this  time.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Albrecht  have  done  a  great  work  in  thus 
erecting  a  permanent  abode  in  that  field  for  the  worship  and  service  of  God’s 
people.  It  must  exert,  as  time  goes  on,  a  powerful  influence  in  the  simple 
lives  of  the  people.  What  a  contrast  does  it  not  present  to  the  ugly  temples 
around,  with  their  crude  images  and  sculpture,  their  mythical  symbols,  and 
often  obscene  representations  !  We  all  rejoice  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Albrecht 
on  the  completion  of  this  great  work.  They  are  winning  their  way,  not  by 
might  nor  by  power,  but  by  insisting  that  the  ‘  Entrance  of  Thy  word  giveth 
light.’  They  have  given  not  only  themselves,  but  much  of  that  with  which 
God  has  blessed  them  to  His  appointed  work,  and  at  the  end  of  the  days 
they  shall  stand  in  their  lot.  A  noble  work  has  been  done  in  the  Palnad, 
and  they  to  whom  the  credit  belongs  for  its  beginning  and  completion  may 
take  heart  and  rejoice.” 

2.  The  Dedication  of  the  Church  at  Guntur. 

Dr.  John  Aberly  writes  as  follows  concerning  the  dedication  : 

“  October  8th,  1907,  will  always  be  remembered  as  a  great  day  in  our  mis¬ 
sion.  On  it  the  new  church,  for  which  we  have  been  waiting  long,  was 
formally  set  apart  to  the  service  of  God.  The  dedication  brought  together 
such  a  crowd  of  Christians  as  has  perhaps  never  gathered  in  Guntur.  It  may 
not  be  too  much  to  say  that  the  occasions  in  India  when  so  many  gather  are 
exceedingly  rare.  No  less  than  5,000  Christians  gathered.  Only  about  1,200 
of  these  could  enter  the  church  for  the  dedicatory  services.  But  all  day  num¬ 
bers  of  them  went  through  the  church  and  admired  its  beauty  and  magnifi¬ 


cence. 


22 


THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


STORK  MEMORIAL  CHURCH  (OLD  BUILDING). 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


2  3 


“The  church  is,  as  Mrs.  Stork  desired  it  should  be,  stately.  It  was 
'designed  by  Mr.  Gotwald,  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  and  so  is  similar  in  design  to 
the  one  at  Rentachintala,  only  larger.  Its  sealing  capacity's  about  1,200. 
It  is  slighty  cruciform  in  shape.  It  is  built  of  granitoid  stone  trimmed  in  red 
sandstone.  The  cost  of  it  is  $12,000.00,  of  which  Mrs.  Stork  contributed 
$8,650.00.  It  has  a  brass  lecturn  contributed  by  the  Board  in  memory  of  Dr. 
Stork  ;  a  brast  altar  railing,  contributed  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Christman,  of  Williams¬ 
port,  Pa.,  as  a  token  of  es¬ 
teem  for  Rev.  and  Mrs.  A. 

M.  Strauss  ;  a  pulpit  built 
by  one  of  our  own  Chris¬ 
tians,  Mr.  Chegudi  Joshua, 
in  memory  of  a  promising 
son  who  met  with  death  by 
an  accident  only  a  few  weeks 
ago  ;  seven  memorial  win¬ 
dows,  of  which  one  was 
erected  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 

Samuel,  also  members  of  our 
own  congregation,  in  mem¬ 
ory  of  a  son  who  died  a  little 
over  a  year  ago  ;  two  were 
erected  by  Dr.  Kugler  in 
memory  of  her  parents  ;  one 
by  Dr.  Wolf  in  memory  of 
his  son,  who  is  buried  in 
Guntur  ;  one  by  Dr.  Baer  as 
a  thank-offering  ;  one  by  her 
sister,  Miss  Emma  Baer,  in 
memory  of  her  parents,  and 
one  by  Rev.  Cannaday  and 
his  brothers  in  memory  of 
their  mother.  Others  con¬ 
tributed  towards  special  ob¬ 
jects.  The  nurses  of  the  hos¬ 
pital  presented  pulpit  Bibles, 

Miss  Brewer  the  altar  cloths  and  pulpit  scarf,  Mr.  C.  R.  Gopal,  a  teacher  in  our 
seminary,  the  hymn  boards  ;  our  pastor,  Rev.  M.  David,  and  his  brothers  and 
sisters,  a  smaller  window  ;  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Siva  Subramanyam,  who  have 
been  making  their  home  in  Guntur  for  awhile,  the  baptismal  font.  The  plant 
for  lighting  the  church  was  contributed  by  Dr.  Baer,  and  adds  ornament  to  it. 

“All  our  missionaries  and  pastors  took  part  in  the  dedicatory  services. 
Besides  these,  Dr.  Harpster,  who  preached  the  sermon  in  Telugu,  and  Rev. 
J.  William,  of  the  Rajahmundry  Mission,  also  participated.  Dr.  Uhl  con- 


THE  REV.  JOHN  ABERLY,  D.  D., 

Pastor  English  Congregation,  Stork  Memorial  Church, 

India. 


24 


THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


ducted  an  English  service  in  the  evening.  This  was  specially  appropriate,  as 
the  church  is  for  both  Telugu  and  English  services,  as  a  great  many  may  know. 

“  The  church  is  at  present  the  wonder  of  Guntur  and  the  surrounding  dis¬ 
trict.  People  come  by  hundreds  to  see  it.  The  Hindus  and  Mohammedans 
of  Guntur  seemed  to  take  almost  as  much  interest  in  it  as  we  did.  Even 
orthodox  Hindus,  who  keep  their  wives  gosha  (not  to  be  seen  by  men),  broke 
through  their  restraints  and  sent  or  brought  their  women  to  see  it.  When  I 

asked  one  whether  they  were  not  gosha, 
his  reply  was,  ‘They  were  not  very 
much  so.’  I  believe  nothing  could  have 
been  done  by  Mrs.  Stork  that  could  be 
more  effective  in  preaching  Christ  than 
the  building  of  this  church.” 


3.  The  Church  at  Chirala. 

The  Rev.  E.  C.  Harris,  the  mission¬ 
ary  in  charge  of  the  work  in  Bapatla 
Taluk,  India,  asked  and  secured  the  per¬ 
mission  of  the  Board  to  make  a  state¬ 
ment  of  the  need  and  to  issue  an  appeal 
to  personal  friends  for  $2,000.00  for  the 
erection  of  a  church  at  Chirala,  the  prin¬ 
cipal  center  of  our  mission  in  Bapatla 
Taluk.  With  the  understanding  that 

ft 

there  should  be  no  general  appeal  for 
funds,  Mr.  Harris  very  quietly  but  effect¬ 
ively  began  extensive  correspondence 
with  personal  friends  concerning  the 
need.  Rev.  Mr.  Harris  will  return  to 
America  on  furlough  in  the  near  future, 
and  the  Board  will,  doubtless,  authorize 
him  to  solicit  funds  for  the  church  dur¬ 
ing  his  furlough.  In  the  meantime  the 
Board  will  be  very  glad  to  receive  any 
offerings  for  this  purpose.  All  remit¬ 
tances  should  be  made  payable  to  the 
order  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  and  forwarded  to  No.  2!  West  Sara¬ 
toga  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 


REV.  MURARI  DAVID, 
Pastor  Telugu  Congregation,  Stork 
Memorial  Church,  India. 


PRAYER  HOUSES  AND  CHAPELS. 

During  the  past  four  years  particularly,  special  attention  has  been  given  to 
this  department  of  the  work  because  of  its  great  necessities.  About  three- 
fifths  of  the  congregations  in  India  are  without  even  the  cheapest  sort  of  a 
mud-walled,  thatched-roof  prayer  house  in  which  to  worship  God,  hear  the. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  25 

preaching  of  the  word,  and  receive  the  sacraments.  During  the  past  two  bi¬ 
enniums  $3,161.55  has  been  received  and  remitted  to  the  field,  in  addition  to 
all  other  regular  budgets  and  special  appropriations  for  the  work.  There  is 
great  need  of  more  houses  of  worship  in  India. 

HEYER  MEMORIAL  DORMITORY. 

Boys’  Boarding  and  Training  School,  Guntur. 

Dr.  John  Aberly,  principal  of  the  school,  writes:  “Our  need  for  a  new 
dormitory  has  been  supplied.  A  record  of  the  year’s  work  would  not  be  com¬ 
plete  without  telling  of  the  completion  of  the  Heyer  Memorial  Dormitory. 
It  was  dedicated  October  7th,  1902.  The  total  cost  of  the  building  was 


THE  HEYER  MEMORIAL  DORMITORY,  GUNTUR,  INDIA. 

$3,5°0.0°.  This  was  contributed  entirely  by  our  Church  in  India  as  a  memo¬ 
rial  to  Rev.  C.  F.  Heyer,  the  founder  of  our  mission.  It  took  about  ten  years 
to  complete  the  work.  We  believe,  however,  the  result  was  well  worth  the 
effort.  The  building  is  of  granite,  two  stories  high,  103  feet  long,  and,  in¬ 
cluding  verandas,  40  feet  wide.  It  would  be  considered  a  very  small  dormi¬ 
tory  in  many  another  land  for  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  boys  ; 
but  when  we  remember  the  mud  houses  which  it  replaces,  we  cannot  refrain 
from  expressing  our  joy  on  the  completion  of  this  building.  The  healthy  of 
the  school  was  exceedingly  good  during  the  year,  and  for  it,  no  doubt,  we  are 
indebted,  in  great  part,  to  our  better  accommodations. 


26 


THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


“This  building  also  makes  possible  the  enlarging  of  our  school.  At  its 
last  session,  during  the  year  under  report,  our  Conference  resolved  to  increase 
the  strength  of  the  school  by  at  least  fifty.  At  the  time  when  this  is  written 
this  resolution  has  already  been  largely  put  into  effect.” 

NEW  STATIONS  AND  BUNGALOWS. 

Sattenapalli  and  Chirala. 

Some  years  since  the  Board  adopted  as  its  program  the  discontinuance  of 
the  custom  of  having  all  its  missionaries  resident  in  Guntur,  and  the  formu¬ 
lating  of  a  plan  to  provide  a  centrally  located  station  in  each  taluk  of  our 


SATTENAPALLI  BUNGALOW,  INDIA. 

India  Mission  in  charge  of  a  resident  American  missionary.  The  object  of 
this  plan  was  to  make  it  possible  for  the  missionary  to  live  in  the  midst  of  his 
people,  to  obviate  the  loss  of  time  and  expense  involved  on  the  part  of  both 
missionary  and  native  workers  in  traveling  to  and  from  Guntur,  and  to  enable 
the  missionary  to  exercise  a  more  personal  and  direct  supervision  of  the  work 
than  was  possible  under  the  former  plan. 

The  first  special  work  assigned  to  the  General  Secretary  after  his  entrance 
upon  the  work  in  1901  was  the  securing  of  the  funds  for  the  erection  of  two 
new  stations,  one  at  Sattenapalli  in  the  taluk  of  the  same  name,  and  the  other 
at  Chirala,  in  Bapatla  Taluk.  Two  thousand  dollars  had  already  been  pro- 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  27 

Tided  for  the  latter  by  the  bequest  of  the  sainted  Samuel  C.  Kinsinger,  who 
was  in  charge  of  the  work  in  Bapatla  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

The  Board,  up  to  November  1st,  1901,  had  also  received  $245.37  towards 
this  object  from  different  friends  of  the  work.  The  funds  were  completed  by 
the  General  Secretary  and  reported  to  the  General  Synod  at  Baltimore  in 
1903.  Subsequently  additional  appropriations  were  made  and  both  stations 
were  completed  during  the  biennium  of  1903-1905.  To-day  there  are  two 
durable,  substantial  and  splendidly  equipped  stations  erected  at  a  total  cost 
of  $11,000.00. 

We  will  ask  the  missionaries  in  charge  of  these  two  fields  to  say  something 
of  the  advantages  of  a  resident  missionary. 

The  Rev.  Victor  McCauley,  in  charge  of  the  work  in  Sattenapalli  Taluk 
up  to  the  time  of  sailing  on  his  furlough,  writes  : 


KINSINGER  MEMORIAL  BUNGALOW,  CHIRALA,  INDIA. 

“  In  former  years,  all  the  native  workers  of  this  taluk  had  to  go  to  Guntur, 
a  distance  of  from  ten  to  forty  miles,  to  the  regular  monthly  meetings,  or 
whenever  they  needed  to  see  the  missionary  on  special  business.  And  when 
the  missionary  came  on  tour  he  had  to  come  ten  miles  before  he  reached  the 
first  village.  Now  the  man  from  beyond  the  mountains  of  Bellamkonda,  who 
formerly  had  to  walk  forty  miles,  has  to  come  only  twenty.  Still  far  enough, 
one  may  think,  and  yet  a  great  improvement  over  the  former  situation.  For 
this  all  our  workers  unite  with  the  missionary  in  thanking  those  in  the  home¬ 
land  for  their  gifts  whereby  it  was  possible  for  this  new  station  to  be  built. 
Our  hope  is  that  it  will  stand  for  many  years  to  come,  and  that  from  it  as  a 


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center  may  go  forth  such  an  influence  and  power  that  heathenism  may  be 
overcome  and  Christ’s  kingdom  established  in  this  taluk.” 

The  Rev.  E.  C.  Harris,  in  charge  of  the  work  in  Bapatla,  writes  : 

“  The  opening  of  the  Chirala  station  means  the  establishment  of  a  new  cen¬ 
ter  of  Christian  influence  in  our  mission.  The  advantages  of  a  missionary 
living  in  his  field  of  labor  goes  without  saying.  While  Chirala  is  not  as  cen¬ 
trally  located  in  Bapatla  Taluk  as  might  be  desirable,  it  is  conveniently  located 
on  the  Madras  Railroad,  and  the  metaled  road  leading  through  Karamchedu 
over  the  Komamur  Canal,  and  on  through  Parchur  to  Narasarowpet,  forty 
miles  west.  From  Guntur  the  nearest  village  in  Bapatla  Taluk  was  nine 
miles  and  the  most  distant  fifty  miles,  which  fact  necessitated  long  tours  and 
extra  expense.  The  situation  has  changed  considerably  with  the  building  of 
the  ‘ Kinsinger  Memorial,’  saving  both  missionary  and  teachers  a  great  deal 
of  unnecessary  traveling.  There  is  much  significance  to  the  occupants  of  this 
building  that  they  stand  in  the  place  where  Rev.  Kinsinger  hoped  some  day 
to  be.  It  was  an  unfulfilled  desire,  but,  dying,  he  made  provision  that  the 
work  might  go  on  through  another,  thus  setting  before  the  Church  one  of  the 
noblest  examples  of  the  true  giving  and  devotion  to  duty  which  it  has  had  for 
many  a  year.  May  the  fruitage  of  all  be  the  salvation  of  many  souls.” 

Tenali . 

What  has  been  accomplished  for  these  two  taluks  the  Board  now  proposes 
to  do  for  Tenali,  which  is  one  of  the  richest  and  most  important  taluks  in 
India.  Its  capital  is  Tenali,  which  is  rapidly  becoming  a  very  important 
point.  The  Board  has  purchased  a  very  desirable  site  in  Tenali,  for  the  new 
station,  at  a  cost  of  $700.00.  The  Rev.  G.  W.  Albrecht,  Ph.  D.,  of  the 
Palnad,  India,  raised  over  $1,800.00  for  this  new  station  during  his  furlough. 
The  General  Secretary  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that  he  has  secured,  in 
cash,  $1,500.00  for  the  same  object.  For  some  weeks  the  Rev.  S.  C.  Burger, 
missionary  in  charge  of  the  field  up  to  the  time  of  his  furlough,  has  been  solic¬ 
iting  funds  for  the  work.  At  the  tune  of  this  writing  the  Tenali  Station  Fund 
aggregates  $3,726.45  and  is  rapidly  nearing  co?npletion.  It  is  the  expectation 
of  the  Board  that  the  cost  of  the  new  station  will  not  exceed  $5,000.00,  includ¬ 
ing  the  site,  which  has  already  been  paid  for.  If  you  want  to  have  the  privi¬ 
lege  of  a  share  in  this  Fonvard  Movement ,  send  your  offering  to  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions,  21  West  Saratoga  Street ,  Baltimore,  Md. 

THE  NEW  COLLEGE  BUNGALOW  AT  GUNTUR. 

The  necessity  for  this  bungalow  arises  from  the  fact  that  the  Rowe  bunga¬ 
low  and  site  were  transferred  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Woman’s 
Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  as  the  only  suitable  and  available  site 
for  the  Girls’  High  School  in  Guntur.  The  unanimous  action  of  the  India 
Conference  was  “that  the  proposed  High  School  be  located  in  the  compound 
now  occupied  by  the  Girls’  Boarding  School,  and  that  for  this  purpose  the 


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entire  compound,  which  includes  the  Rowe  bungalow  and  all  its  out-buildings 
and  about  six  acres  of  land,  ought  to  be  acquired  by  the  Executive  Committee 
from  the  Board.  The  Conference  recommends  to  the  Board  that  the  above 
property  be  transferred  to  the  Executive  Committee  for  a  consideration  of 
$3,000.00.” 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Woman’s  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  and  the  Board  both  approved  of  this  recommendation  of  the  India 
Conference  and  the  transfer  was  duly  effected.  Since  this  action  was  taken, 
the  Executive  Committee  has  received  the  promise  of  $10,000.00  from  Colonel 
Firch,  and  the  Girls’  High  School  will  ultimately  form  part  of  a  larger  insti¬ 
tution  to  be  known  as  the  “  Firch  Memorial  College  for  Women.” 


THE  ORPHANAGE  BUNGALOW,  GUNTUR,  INDJA. 


This  transfer  occasioned  the  necessity  for  the  new  bungalow  in  Guntur. 
The  Board  has  made  an  appropriation  of  $1,000.00,  in  addition  to  the 
$3,000.00  received  from  the  Executive  Committee,  and  has  thus  created  the 
“  Fund  for  the  New  College  Bungalow  at  Guntur”  of  $4,000.00. 

The  Rev.  L.  B.  Wolf  D.  D. ,  Principal  of  the  College ,  up  to  the  time  of 
his  furlough ,  has  been  authorized  to  secure  the  $1,000.00  appropriated  by  the 
Board  for  this  object.  This  amount  has  been  advanced  from  the  General 
Fund  of  the  Board.  It  will  be  greatly  appreciated  by  the  Board  if  some  kind 
friends  will  promptly  contribute  this  amount  so  that  the  College  Bungalow  may 
be  fully  paid  for  without  depleting  the  General  Fund.  “  Forward”  this 
“  Move?nent'n  by  sending  your  remittance  to  21  West  Saratoga  Street,  Balti¬ 
more,  Md. 

THE  FAMINE  ORPHANAGE. 

The  Famine  Orphanage  site  is  a  beautiful  stretch  of  land  located  in  the 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


northwest  section  of  Guntur.  It  contains  forty-four  and  one  half  acres.  The 
orphanage  plant  will  include  four  buildings — the  school  building,  dormitory 
for  girls,  domitory  for  boys,  and  the  superintending  missionary’s  house.  The 
sanctioned  cost  of  these  buildings  is  between  $10,000.00  and  $12,000.00,. 
which  is  provided  for  largely  by  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  Famine  Fund. 
At  the  time  of  our  last  report  from  India,  two  of  these  buildings  were  entirely 
finished  and  the  third  was  almost  completed. 

FAMINE  ORPHANS’  DEPARTMENT. 

This  is  a  new  department  which  has  but  recently  b^en  added  to  our  list. 
It  is  one  of  the  most  Christlike  and  blessed  benevolences  of  our  India  Mission. 
The  official  statement  of  the  Board  is  herewith  given. 

The  Famine  Orphanage  is  the  outgrowth  of  necessity.  About  eight  years 
ago  a  more  than  usually  severe  famine  swept  over  that  part  of  India  where 
our  mission  is  located.  The  suffering,  the  death,  the  general  havoc,  were 
appalling,  and  stirred  the  Christian  world  as  few  things  have  done.  One  of 

the  very  saddest  consequences  of  that  scourge 
was  the  many  thousands  of  orphans  who  were 
left  in  its  wake,  deprived  of  their  natural  pro¬ 
tectors,  helpless  in  themselves,  the  subjects  of 
a  religious  system  which  knows  no  kindness, 
no  pity,  extends  no  help  to  weakness,  whose 
soul  is  a  heartless  selfishness  that  would  not 
hesitate  to  make  shameful  merchandise  of  the 
bodies  of  these  unfortunate  children.  Their 
lot  was  pitiable  in  the  extreme,  even  more  so 
than  that  of  those  who  perished  from  hunger. 
Of  such  children  there  were  many  thousands, 
and  as  famine  is  not  an  occasional,  but  a  con¬ 
stant  condition  in  some  parts  of  this  land,  this 
class  of  unfortunates  is  receiving  constant  re¬ 
cruits. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  A.  O.  Becker  and  Miss  Fahs  are  in  charge  of  this  work. 
The  latest  report  states  that  there  are  at  present  fifty-eight  boys  and  sixty-two^ 
girls  in  the  orphanage.  As  the  children  are  young  their  chief  present  employ¬ 
ment  is  to  go  to  school.  Educationally  the  object  will  be  to  give  each  child, 
boy  or  girl,  at  least  a  fair  elementary  training.  Those  that  have  desire  andi 
capacity  for  a  fuller  education  will  be  given  every  possible  assistance  in  secur¬ 
ing  the  same.  The  girls  are  also  taught  sewing,  cooking,  and  so  on — all  that 
may  be  necessary  to  prepare  them  to  become  competent  housekeepers  and 
home  makers.  Thus  they  will  exemplify  before  their  sisters  that  there  is  a 
brighter  and  happier  type  of  life  than  the  average  India  woman  has  any 
knowledge  of. 

A  similar  course  is  followed  with  the  boys.  In  addition  to  going  to  school,. 


Superintendent  of  the  India 
Orphanage. 


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THE  ARTHUR  G.  WATTS  MEMORIAL  AMERICAN  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  MISSION  COLLEGE,  GUNTUR,  INDIA. 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


and  just  as  rapidly  as  their  aptitudes  are  discovered,  they  are  directed  into 
those  lines  of  work  for  which  they  are  best  fitted.  The  institution  is  young 
yet,  but  already  it  offers  opportunity  for  instruction  and  training  in  carpentry, 
farming,  printing,  brick  and  tile  making,  tailoring,  weaving  and  cooking. 
Thirty  of  the  boys  are  engaged  in  one  or  the  other  of  these  departments.  And 
these  children  are  responding  splendidly  to  the  effort  made  in  their  behalf. 
Mr.  Becker  says  that  one  of  the  boys  did  so  well  that  it  was  decided  to  send 
him  to  a  government  technical  training-school  in  carpentry.  This  boy  reports, 
with  pardonable  pride,  that  he  has  been  promoted  to  the  position  of  “head 
boy  ”  in  his  class.  The  hope  is,  in  four  years,  when  he  completes  his  course, 
to  make  him  the  trained  head  of  this  department.  Two  other  boys  have  been 
sent  to  Calicut  to  learn  weaving  and  tailoring  in  the  establishment  of  the  Basel 
Lutheran  Mission. 

Under  this  aspect  of  its  work,  then,  the  aim  of  the  institution  is  to  provide 
for  these  children  a  home  with  all  necessary  comforts,  and  to  prepare  them, 
while  they  are  there,  educationally  and  industrially,  in  the  way  of  a  training 
for  a  trade,  profession,  some  suitable  and  proper  occupation  for  the  duties  and 
responsibilities  of  life. 

The  annual  cost  for  the  support  of  the  work  is  estimated  by  the  India  Con¬ 
ference  at  about  $4,500.00,  including  the  salary  of  the  Superintending  Mis¬ 
sionary.  The  Church  must  understand  that  this  is  an  additional  item  to  our 
present  budget.  $25.00  a  year  will  support  one  of  these  little  ones.  “  Inas¬ 
much  as  ye  did  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  little  ones  ye  did  it  unto  me.’ 


ENLARGEMENT  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 

“Except  for  the  auditorium,  the  college  is  a  single  story  building.  On 
account  of  a  lack  of  room  for  class  work,  a  plan  and  estimate  was  submitted 
to  Government  to  raise  the  east  wing  of  the  building,  thus  making  it  two 
stories.  Government  has  sanctioned  the  proposed  addition  and  the  contract  is 
let.  Work  began  on  October  20th,  1907.  The  contractors  promise  to  finish 
it  by  June  4th,  1908.  When  this  is  completed  it  will  add  five  commodious 
rooms  to  the  present  college  building.’ 

Since  the  above  was  written  it  seemed  both  expedient  and  necessary  to 
enlarge  the  west  wing  Mso,  and  so  the  Board  has  made  an  appropriation  of 
$3,000.00  for  that  object.  The  British  government,  through  its  educational 
department,  will  doubtless  make  a  grant  for  the  west  wing  as  it  did  for  the 
east  wing.  The  total  cost  of  these  improvements  will  aggregate  about  $10,- 
000.00.  The  college  will  then  be  one  of  the  finest  and  best  adapted  educa¬ 
tional  institutions  in  all  India. 

The  Board  of  Education  of  the  General  Synod  is  contributing  in  large 
measure  to  the  development  of  the  college  by  providing  a  grant  of  $1,000.00 
a  year  towards  its  work.  We  are  rejoiced  at  the  breadth  of  vision  on  the  part 
of  the  Board  as  manifested  by  the  proper  inclusion  of  the  A.  E.  L.  M.  Col- 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


lege  among  the  educational  institutions  of  the  General  Synod,  to  which  it 
gives  its  valued  assistance. 

In  view  of  the  recognition  of  the  increasing  value  of  Christian  education  in 
non-Christian  lands,  as  a  direct  channel  for  evangelization,  the  momentousness 
of  this  Forward  Movement  will  be  promptly  appreciated. 

COLLEGE  FOR  WOMEN. 

Mrs.  K.  B.  Shaffer,  Ph.  D.,  secretary  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Woman’s  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  in  her  report  of  last  May 
before  the  General  Convention  of  the  Society,  says,  “  In  glad  appreciation  ol 
the  offer  of  Mr.  John  F.  Firch  to  give  $10,000.00  for  a  College  for  Women 
in  India,  the  following  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted  :  ” 

“Whereas,  Mr.  John  F.  Firch,  of  Spokane,  Wash.,  in  the  goodness  of  his 
heart  felt  impelled  to  promise  to  the  Woman’s  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  of  the  General  Synod,  through 
the  Secretary  of  the  General  Executive  Committee,  the  sum  of  $10,000.00 
for  a  College  for  Women  in  India,  therefore, 

“  1 .  Resolved ,  That  we  hereby  express  to  Mr.  Firch  our  deep  heartfelt  appre¬ 
ciation  of  his  interest  in  Christian  education,  and  that  we  thank  him  sincerely 
and  heartily  for  his  generous  offer. 

“  2.  Resolved ,  That  this  munificent  gift  be  accepted  gratefully,  in  the  name 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

“  3.  Resolved.  That  this  money  shall  be  used  for  the  enlargement  of  the 
Girls’  Boarding  School  plant  in  Guntur,  India,  and  that  the  school  shall  be 
named  the  ‘  Firch  Memorial  College  for  Women.’ 

“4.  Resolved ,  That  the  India  Conference,  through  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,  be  authorized  to  enlarge  the  plans  for  the  Girls’  Boarding  School 
plant,  so  that  the  cost  of  buildings  and  equipment  for  the  college  shall  be 
$20,000.00,  exclusive  of  the  $3,000.00  to  be  paid  for  the  site. 

“  5.  Resolved,  That  the  time  for  the  payment  be  left  to  Mr.  Firch,  but,  that 
the  work  may  not  be  delayed,  it  is  hoped  that  the  money  may  be  paid  into 
our  treasury  within  one  year.” 

Under  date  of  March  11,  1907,  Mr.  Firch  writes:  “The  $10,000.00  will 
be  available  as  promised.”  In  a  letter  of  earlier  date,  he  intimates  that  he 
will  give  in  addition  to  the  $10,000.00  promised  for  the  “  Firch  Memorial 
College  for  Women  in  India,”  interests  from  which  the  Society  will  realize 
from  three  to  ten  thousand  dollars  annually  for  the  college.” 

HOSPITAL  CHAPEL. 

In  the  same  report  Dr.  Shaffer  writes:  “When  Rev.  Jeremiah  Zimmer¬ 
man,  D.  D. ,  LL.  D.,  and  Mrs.  Zimmerman  visited  India  in  1904,  they  wrere 
impressed  with  the  need  of  a  place  of  worship  for  the  people  of  our  Woman’s 
Hospital  at  Guntur,  and  out  of  the  goodness  of  their  hearts  they  have  donated 
$2,000.00  for  a  chapel  for  the  hospital.  This  money  has  been  paid  into  our 
treasury  through  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Synodical  Society  since  the 
books  closed  for  the  biennium.  Blessed  gift  of  love  for  healing  of  the  soul.” 


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Shortly  after  the  above  was  written  the  money  was  received  by  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Board  and  promptly  remitted  by  him  to  India. 

converts’  home. 

The  Report  of  the  India  Mission  for  1907,  which  was  received  a  few  weeks 
since,  has  the  following  to  say  concerning  the  Converts’  Home  : 

“  For  some  time  there  has  been  felt  the  need  of  a  Home  for  Women,  espe¬ 
cially  widows,  who  have  come  out  on  the  Lord’s  side  and  have  been  estranged 
from  their  Hindu  homes.  They  need  protection  and  care.  Simultaneously 
with  this  was  felt  a  need  for  a  home  for  women  who  have  been  brought  in 
from  the  District  to  take  a  course  in  Bible  study.  They  will  form  a  continu¬ 
ous  class,  and  there  will  always  be  a  group  of  them  dependent  on  the  mission 
for  a  place  to  stay  while  remaining  in  Guntur. 


THE  WOMAN’S  HOSPITAL,  GUNTUR,  INDIA. 


“  For  years  the  Zenana  Committee  has  been  employing  Eurasian  assistants 
to  help  in  the  zenana  work  and  the  teaching  in  the  Caste  Girls’  Schools, 
but  no  provision  has  heretofore  been  made  for  a  dwelling  place  for  them. 
Accordingly  a  plan  and  estimate  have  been  made  and  sent  to  the  Board  and 
Executive  Committee  for  sanction  to  erect  a  building  that  will  include  in  its 
appointments  accommodations  for  all  three  classes  of  persons  mentioned 
above.  This  is  one  of  our  hopes  for  the  future.  Just  before  going  to  press 
we  are  informed  that  the  women  of  the  West  Pennsylvania  Synodical  Society 
pledge  themselves  for  $11,000.00  to  build  it.” 

At  the  request  of  the  Executive  Committee,  Woman’s  Home  and  Foreign 
Missionary  Society,  the  Board  has  approved  of  this  home. 


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THE  HOUSE-BOAT  FOR  TENALI  AND  BAPATLA. 

The  India  Conference  asked  the  Board  to  establish  a  fund  of  $700.00  for 
the  purpose  of  procuring  a  house-boat  for  the  work  in  Tenali  and  part  of 
Bapatla  Taluks.  The  Conference  writes  : 

“  As  long  as  Dr.  Uhl  had  the  two  taluks  together,  by  touring  in  the  dry 
lands  of  Bapatla  during  the  rainy  season  and  in  the  rest  of  the  field  during  the 
dry  season,  including  the  month  of  May,  when  the  thermometer  stood  at  1 10  de¬ 
grees  every  day  for  weeks  at  a  time,  he  managed  to  cover  his  field  without  the 
aid  of  a  boat.  But  now  the  work  of  the  two  taluks  has  grown  beyond  the  ability 
of  one  man  to  look  after  it  satisfactorily  ;  and  as  irrigation  works  have  been  ex¬ 
tended  over  all  of  Tenali  Taluk  and  over  a  great  part  of  Bapatla  Taluk,  it  is 
impossible  to  travel  over  any  except  a  small  part  of  Bapatla  during  the  rainy 
season.  With  the  aid  of  a  boat  Mr.  Burger  will  be  able  to  travel  over  Tenali 
during  the  rainy  season  as  well  as  during  the  dry.” 

The  request  was  granted  by  the  Board,  and  Dr.  Uhl  undertook  to  raise  this 
fund,  in  addition  to  the  magnificent  service  which  he  rendered  as  the  special 
representative  of  the  Board  in  connection  with  the  special  relief  fund.  The 
fund  was  not  entirely  completed  at  the  time  of  his  return  to  India.  The 
residue  of  the  amount  needed  has  since  been  provided  and  the  entire  fundi 
remitted  to  India. 

A  STATEMENT  TO  BE  THOUGHT  THROUGH  AND  APPRECIATED. 

The  observant  and  thoughtful  reader  of  this  pamphlet  will  doubtless  note 
two  things.  For  three  and  a  half  years,  or  just  about  one-half  the  period 
under  survey,  the  largest  emphasis  has  been  laid  upon  the  payment  of  indebt¬ 
edness,  the  working  out  of  a  firm  financial  basis,  and  the  general  reorganiza¬ 
tion  of  all  the  administrative  and  “special  object  ”  departments  of  the  Board. 
During  the  entire  period,  but  more  particularly  since  1903,  special  attention 
has  been  devoted  to  very  extensive  building  operations  for  India,  most  of  which 
have  been  completed  and  paid  for,  and  the  remainder,  for  which  the  Board  is 
responsible,  with  the  exception  of  an  aggregate  amount  of  about  $2,000.00, 
has  been  fully  provided  and  is  now  either  in  the  treasury  of  the  India  Confer¬ 
ence  or  that  of  the  Board. 

It  was  sound  wisdom  which  gave  prayerful  and  thoughtful  attention  to  these 
material  essentials  of  a  great  campaign.  And  this  was  pre-eminently  true  of 
the  India  work. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  on  January  1st,  1905,  the  mission  in  India  had  an 
indebtedness  of  $8,000.00.  Of  this  amount  $4,000.00  was  a  deficiency  in  the 
general  expense  account  of  the  mission,  covering  a  period  of  several  years, 
over  and  above  the  budget  allowance  made  by  the  Board.  The  other 
$4,000.00  was  expended  on  the  two  new  stations  at  Chirala  and  Sattenapalli 
over  and  above  the  increased  appropriation  of  $7,000.00  made  by  the  Board 
for  this  work.  All  of  this  indebtedness  was  paid  by  the  Board  as  promptly 
as  the  knowledge  of  its  existence  became  known. 


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For  many  years  practically  nothing  had  been  done  in  the  way  of  providing 
urgently  needed  buildings  for  India.  A  perusal  of  this  pamphlet  will  thor¬ 
oughly  convince  anyone  that  unusual  activity  characterized  the  period  covered 
herein  in  the  building  operations. 

These  were  the  two  essential  items  in  the  India  program,  and  fully  explain 
why  so  few  missionaries  were  sent  out  to  either  field  during  the  years  1902  and 
1903.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  Forward  Movement  in  sending  out  new  mis¬ 
sionaries  in  any  real  way  was  not  inaugurated  until  1906,  and  then  only  for 
Africa,  because  of  its  crisis  condition. 


NEW  MISSIONARIES. 


Six  new  American  missionaries  and  a  married  missionary  and  his  wife,  who 
were  temporarily  out  of  the  service  for  reasons  of  health,  and  in  an  American 
pastorate,  making  a  total  of  eight, 
were  sent  to  India  during  this 
period. 

The  roster  of  these  missionaries 
is  as  follows  : 

1.  Miss  Magdalen  Keith  sailed 
from  New  York  for  India,  Octo¬ 
ber  24th,  1901.  She  arrived  in 
Guntur  December  3d,  1901.  She 
was  accompanied  by  Rev.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Aberly. 

//Rev.  S.  C.  Burger  and  Miss 
It  Magdalen  Keith  were  married  at 
Guntur,  India,  December  nth, 

1901. 

2.  The  Rev.  Isaac  Cannaday 
sailed  from  New  York  for  India, 

October  1 8th,  1902.  He  arrived 
in  Guntur,  December  19th,  1902. 

3.  4,  5.  Misses  Mary  E.  Lowe, 

Jeanne  L.  Rollier  and  Elsie  Reed 
Mitchell,  M,  D.,  sailed  from  New 
York  for  India,  October  22d,  1903.  They  arrived  in  Guntur,  December  nth, 
1903. 

6.  Miss  J.  H.  Wunderlich,  of  Leipzig,  Germany,  who  was  supported  for  a 
number  of  years  in  the  Palnad,  India,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Al¬ 
brecht  personally,  was  regularly  appointed  and  commissioned  as  missionary  to 
India.  She  left  Germany  in  the  company  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Albrecht,  and 
arrived  in  Guntur,  December  23d,  1907. 

The  above  four  missionaries  are  supported  by  the  Woman’s  Home  and  For¬ 
eign  Missionary  Society. 


THE  REV.  ISAAC  CANNADAY, 
Missionary  to  India. 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


MISS  MARY  E.  LOWE, 
Missionary  to  India. 


MISS  JEANNE  L.  ROLLIER, 
Missionary  to  India. 


MISS  ELSIE  REED  MITCHELL,  M.  D., 
Missionary  to  India. 


MISS  J.  H.  WUNDERLICH, 
Missionary  to  India. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


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7,  8.  The  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Allen  O.  Becker  and  two  children  sailed  from 
New  \  ork  for  India  on  December  2oth,  1905-  They  arrived  in  Guntur,. 
January  31st,  1906. 


ADDITIONAL  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  MISSIONARIES. 


The  Board  has  passed  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  at  least  one  additional 
male  American  missionary ,  each  year,  for  a  period  of  at  least  three  years, 
shall  be  granted  the  India  Mission .  The  Board  has  seriously  considered  an 
even  larger  program,  and  will  put  it  into  operation  just  as  soon  as  the  Church 
makes  it  possible.  This  tentative  program  is — two  additional  male  American 
missionaries ,  each  year ,  for  a  period  of  at  least  five  years.*  It  is  almost  cer¬ 
tain  that  the  Woman’s  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  with  their  pro¬ 
gressive  and  aggressive  spirit  and  loyal  constituency,  will  duplicate,  if  not  ex¬ 
ceed,  the  program  of  the  Board. 

This  is,  by  all  odds,  the  greatest 
Forward  Movement  ever  planned 
for  our  Foreign  work.  It  is  the 
judgment  of  the  India  Conference 
that  it  would  be  most  injudicious  to 
send  a  larger  number  of  mission¬ 
aries  than  those  indicated  at  one 
time.  Their  furloughs  would  oc¬ 
cur  simultaneously,  and  thus  the 
work  would  be  crippled  by  the 
absence  of  a  considerable  number, 
at  one  time,  from  the  field.  The 
policy  is  to  distribute  twenty  mis¬ 
sionaries  over  a  period  of  five 
years. 

As  an  earnest  of  the  sincerity 
of  their  purpose  the  Board  has  ap¬ 
pointed  and  commissioned  Miss 
Jessie  Thomas  and  Rev.  M.  Edwin 
Thomas,  of  Wooster,  Ohio,  sister 
and  brother,  children  of  the  Rev. 

A.  Z.  Thomas,  as  missionaries  to 
India.  They  expect  to  sail  for  their  field  during  August,  1908.  Miss  Thomas 
will  be  supported  by  the  Woman’s  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society. 


THE  REV.  S.  C.  BURGER, 
Missionary  to  India. 

(Supported  by  First  Church,  Baltimore,  Md.)> 


MISSIONARY  SUPPORTED  BY  A  CONGREGATION. 

The  First  English  Lutheran  Church,  Baltimore,  Md.,  the  Rev.  Ezra  K. 
Bell,  D.  D.,  pastor,  assumed  the  support  of  Rev.  S.  C.  Burger,  of  India. 

*  Since  the  above  was  written  the  Board  has  decided  to  send  two  new  male  American 
missionaries  to  India  during  1908. 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


Since  October  ist,  1903,  his  support  has  been  provided  by  that  congrega¬ 
tion. 

BUDGETS  FOR  INDIA. 

The  progress  of  the  work  can  be  very  definitely  exhibited  by  the  regular 
budgets  of  the  Woman’s  Society  and  the  Board  for  the  first  and  last  years  cov¬ 
ered  by  this  survey. 

This  does  not  include  salaries  of  missionaries  nor  any  special  budgets  for 
building  grants,  indebtedness  or  any  special  object.  The  salary  budget  for  the 
past  biennium  was  almost  $35,000.00,  while  special  budgets  and  traveling 
allowances  aggregated  almost  $14,000.00  during  the  same  period. 

1901.  1908. 

Woman’s  Society  General  Budget .  $6,500  00  $10,000  00 

Board’s  General  Budget .  12,000  00  18,000  00 

FORWARD. 


THE  GROWTH  OF  THE  WORK  IN  INDIA. 


1901. 

1908. 

Baptized  Membership . 

.  24,172 

36,849 

Communicant  Membership . 

.  7>486 

i3,°63 

Inquirers . 

.  12,117 

6,626 

Sunday  School  Pupils . 

.  14,844 

17,803 

Support  of  Work . 

. $10,980 

^$16,522 

Number  of  Schools . 

.  222 

289 

Number  of  Pupils . 

8,529 

Buildings . 

.  157 

214 

Native  Workers  /  ^  ' 

.  200 

2  77 

f  School  Teachers . 

.  281 

323 

Villages  with  Christian  Inhabitants . 

756 

Congregations . 

498 

Patients  in  Hospital,  Dispensary  and  Office,  etc . 

.  6,861 

t6>955 

Zenana  Pupils . 

.  109 

409 

The  increase  in  the  baptized  membership  was  60^  per  cent. 

The  increase  in  the  communicant  membership  was  74 per  cent. 

The  only  decrease  in  the  comparative  tables  is  found  in  the  number  01 
inquirers.  There  is  a  decrease  of  45!  per  cent.  The  satisfactory  explanation 
of  this  is  found  in  the  fact  that  the  large  number  of  American  Missionaries  on 
furlough  rendered  it  impossible  for  the  few  who  remained  to  give  the  neces¬ 
sary  supervision  to  the  work,  hence  the  falling  off. 


*  Owing  to  change  in  time  of  preparation  of  reports  this  includes  but  nine  months  of  the 
year.  The  receipts  in  India  for  1906  were  $20,405.00. 

f  Report  for  nine  months.  The  number  of  patients  during  1906  was  9,066. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


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CATALOGUE  OF  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  OBJECTS. 

1.  Support  of  a  Forward  Movement  American  Missionary 
in  Africa. 

2.  Support  of  a  Forward  Movement  American  Missionary  in 
India. 

The  Board  will  assign  a  particular  missionary  in  either  field  to  the  support 
of  a  church,  society  or  an  individual,  for  $750.00  the  year. 

3.  Stations  in  Africa. 

$50.00  and  upward  will  provide  one  of  the  buildings  at  an  interior  station. 
The  larger  the  amount  the  better  the  building. 

4.  Home  for  Missionaries  in  Africa. 

Offerings  in  any  amount  will  be  gladly  received  for  this  very  worthy  object. 

5.  Young  People’s  Forward  Movement  for  India. 

$5.00  a  share  the  year.  The  Board  prefers  that  subscriptions  be  made  for 
a  period  of  five  years,  but  will  accept  any  for  a  shorter  period. 

6.  Church  at  Chirala. 

Offerings  in  any  amount  will  be  gratefully  received. 

7.  Prayer-houses  and  Chapels. 

$25.00  and  upward  will  provide  a  prayer-house.  $200.00  and  upward  will 
build  a  commodious  chapel. 

8.  Tenali  Station. 

Offerings  in  any  amount  will  be  appreciated. 

9.  College  Bungalow. 

Offerings  in  any  amount  will  be  gladly  received. 

10.  Famine  Orphans’  Department. 

$25.00  the  year  will  support  a  little  one. 


For  other  “  Special  Objects,”  which  were  in  operation  for  many  years 
before  the  “  Forward  Movements,”  described  in  this  pamphlet,  were  in¬ 
augurated  and  aggressively  pushed  by  the  Board,  write  the  Board  for  full 
information. 

We  have  a  printed  list  of  all  such  objects,  with  the  official  rules  formulated 
by  the  Board  governing  the  same,  and  will  be  glad  to  send  them  to  anyone 
interested. 

One  of  these  former  objects  is  prayer-houses.  It  was  only  when  the  India 
Conference,  a  few  years  ago,  called  the  attention  of  the  Board  to  the  great 


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THE  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


need  of  many  more  such  houses  of  worship  that  the  Board  realized  the 
urgent  necessity.  The  Board  issued  its  special  appeal  and  received  during 
the  past  two  bienniums  the  ?nagnificent  amount  of  $3,161. gg,  which  was 
remitted  to  India  in  addition  to  all  other  budgets.  This  was  not  done  befoi  e 
the  “  Forward  Movement ”  was  inaugurated.  The  funds  were  received, 
placed  in  the  General  Fund  and  used  for  the  general  support  of  the  work. 
The  India  Conference  always  designated  a  special  prayer-house,  but  the  work 
in  the  field  was  not  advantaged. 

Another  of  these  former  objects  is  the  support  of  students  and  native  workers 
in  the  mission  fields.  This  department  has  been  completely  reorganized  and 
rules  formulated  in  harmony  with  the  prevailing  practice  of  other  Foreign 
Mission  Boards  in  North  America.  Since  November  10th,  1903,  when  the 
reorganization  became  effective,  114  new  patrons  have  been  enrolled.  Alto¬ 
gether,  less  than  330  students  and  native  workers,  in  both  fields,  are  supported 
by  patrons.  In  the  India  Mission  alone  there  are  600  native  workers ,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  India  students  and  native  workers  and  students  in  Africa. 
The  total  receipts  by  the  Board  for  this  department  are  quite  inadequate  and 
must  be  largely  supplemented  by  the  General  Fund. 

This  pamphlet  does  not  cover  the  entire  field  of  the  Board''  s  activities  by  any 
means,  but  has  to  do  almost  exclusively  with  the  “  Forward  Movements,''''  in¬ 
augurated  by  the  Board  in  recent  years.  A  copy  of  the  pamphlet  will  be 
cheerfully  sent  to  anyone  who  may  be  interested  in  knowing  of  the  opportuni¬ 
ties  which  the  Board  offers  to  the  members  of  our  Church  to  beco?ne  partners 
with  our  Lord  fiesus  Christ  in  the  world’' s  evangelization. 


FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


43 


1908. 


The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 


21  IVest  Saratoga  Street , 


Balti?nore ,  Md. 


Dear  Brethren  : — 


Enclosed  find  draft  for  $ 


.for  1  ‘  Forward  Movement  ’  ’  Object 


No 


Yours  for  the  “  Forward  Movement," 


When  the  “Forward  Movement”  was  inaugurated  some  years  ago  the 
Board  frankly  stated  that  the  purpose  of  the  Movement  was  to  supplement  the 
apportionment ,  pitiably  small,  of  twenty  cents  per  communicant  member,  the 
year.  The  General  Synod  made  its  “Forward  Movement”  for  the  cause 
when  at  Pittsburgh  in  1905,  without  a  dissenting  speech  or  vote,  the  apportion¬ 
ment  was  increased  25  per  cent.  But  even  this  is  far  from  sufficient.  We 
trust  and  pray  that  the  day  may  not  be  far  distant  when  we  shall  be  able  to 
make  a  “  Forward  Movement”  from  the  apportionment  system,  and  when 
the  Church  shall  be  so  trained  in  Christian  giving  that  we  shall  joyfully  accept 
the  apostolic  and  Scriptural  basis  that  each  individual  shall  give  regularly, 
proportionately  and  systematically,  and  in  addition  thereto  make  free-will 
thank-offerings  from  time  to  time,  in  special  gratitude  to  God  for  His  goodness 


and  love. 


We  have  stated  as  definitely  and  as  concisely  as  we  are  able,  the  more  im¬ 
portant  details  of  the  Forward  Movement  of  the  Board.  The  very  least  for 
which  we  hope  is  that  the  full  program  here  outlined  may  be  carried  out. 
Much  has  already  been  accomplished,  but  much  more  land  yet  remains  to  be 
possessed.  Our  faith  in  the  Church  and  in  the  power  of  her  Divine  Head 
leads  us  to  predict  that  this  is  only  the  dawning  of  the  day  of  much  larger 
achievement,  when  fresh  trophies  shall  be  laid  at  the  feet  of  our  risen,  ascended 
and  reigning  Lord. 

With  deep  gratitude  for  what  He  hath  wrought, 

On  behalf  of  the  Board,  your  fellow-servant  in  the  gospel, 


